alcohol-forming very long-chain fatty acyl-CoA reductase activity

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Namealcohol-forming very long-chain fatty acyl-CoA reductase activity
IDGO_0080019
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Molecular function

Exact synonym

fatty acyl CoA reductase (alcohol-forming) activity, fatty acyl-CoA reductase (alcohol-forming) activity

Description

Catalysis of the reaction: a very long-chain fatty acyl-CoA + NADPH + H+ = a very long-chain primary alcohol + NADP+ + CoA. A very long-chain fatty acid has an aliphatic tail containing more than 22 carbons.

Related synonym

fatty-acyl-CoA reductase (alcohol-forming) activity

Comment

While there is not universal consensus on the lengths of short-, medium-, long- and very-long-chain fatty acids, the GO uses the definitions in ChEBI (see CHEBI:26666, CHEBI:59554, CHEBI:15904 and CHEBI:27283).

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